Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,692 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Gregory W. Meeks (1953- )
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Foxy Brown/Inga Marchand (1978- )
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Robert Carlos DeLarge (1842-1874)
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Robert Bogle (1774-1848)

Explore Global African History

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(1953) Nnamdi Azikiwe, “Speech on Secession”
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Benedita da Silva (1942- )
WEB Du Bois, July 18, 1946
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(1947) W.E.B. DuBois, “An Appeal to the World : A Statement of Denial of Human Rights to Minorities…”
Addisu Messele
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Addisu Messele (1961- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Battle of Adwa (Adowa), 1896
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Injustice in Alaska Territory: The World War II Court-martial of Ten Black Soldiers Who Helped Build the ALCAN Highway
Africa in 1595 as known to Italian explorers and cartographers
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Africa and Africans in the Imagination of Renaissance Italians (1450-1630)
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Searching for John Grider, an African American Bear Flag Veteran

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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11/26/2021 – Executive Director – Seattle, Washington